Serb Autonomous Region of North-East Bosnia | |||||||||
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| 1991–1992 | |||||||||
| Status | Self-proclaimed entity | ||||||||
| Capital | Bijeljina 44°45′25″N19°12′58″E / 44.75694°N 19.21611°E /44.75694; 19.21611 | ||||||||
| Government | Provisional government | ||||||||
• Ruling party | Serb Democratic Party (Bosnia and Herzegovina) | ||||||||
| Historical era | Breakup of Yugoslavia | ||||||||
• Proclamation | 19 September 1991; 34 years ago (1991-09-19) | ||||||||
• Proclamation of the Republic of the Serb people of Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2 January 1992; 33 years ago (1992-01-02) | ||||||||
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SAO North-East Bosnia (Serbian:САО Североисточна Босна /SAO Severoistočna Bosna) was aSerb Autonomous Region (Serbian:САО /SAO), aSerb break-away province, in theYugoslavrepublic of Bosnia and Herzegovina (SR BiH). It was established in September 1991, proclaimed by theSerb Democratic Party on 19 September 1991,[1] along with other SAOs (Eastern Herzegovina,Bosanska Krajina,Romanija), and included five districts in northeastern SR BiH.[2] It existed between September 1991 and 9 January 1992, when it became part ofRepublic of the Serb people of Bosnia and Herzegovina (later Republika Srpska). It was renamedSAO Semberija (Serbian Cyrillic:САО Семберија) in November 1991, andSAO Semberija and Majevica (САО Семберија и Мајевица[3]) in December 1991.[2] It included three municipalities (Bijeljina,Lopare andUgljevik[4]), with a population of 150,000, out of whom 56–59% were ethnic Serbs.[5] The capital wasBijeljina.[2]